Comparative information for council budgets and services
To meet financial challenges councils are being asked to re-examine their budget processes and content and improved levels of performance. Larry Mitchell says this can...
Category : LG Magazine
World first fix for Westport water woes
In 2018 Westport had a problem. A collapsed supply tunnel meant the northern West Coast town of about 4600 people was having to constantly pump...
A ‘sustainability’ trend setter
Lyn Mayes is one of those rare personalities: ahead of the curve, albeit unconsciously. She set up her business, Mad World, in 2001, focusing on...
Fixing local government: get the basics right
By Monique Poirier, campaigns manager, Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance. The case for local government boils down to the belief that a local community has a better...
Fixing a broken relationship
By Vaughan Winiata, VFormation, and small business advocate. Dollars to Doughnuts is an old betting term dating back to the 1880s, it was used to...
Transport sector collaboration creates innovation
Above: REG programme manager Andrew McKillop, REG Evidence and Outcomes Group chair, Dawn Inglis A world-leading innovation has emerged from a roading sector project standardising...
Crying wolf on emergencies
Not everyone has got excited over the Government’s ‘climate emergency declaration’ and say the nation has more pressing issues. “When Governments and international organisations are...
Wood Street revitalisation project
After months of planning, the Wood Street revitalisation project in Kaipara got rolling just before Christmas with key changes implemented following community co-design workshops. The project...
Watercare’s universal pandemic plan
Towards the end of last year Watercare, our largest water and wastewater utility, released an interactive pandemic plan under the Creative Commons license (CC BY),...
Award winning interpretation
A re-interpretation of the Cook Landing Site National Historic Reserve was recognised by the Designer’s Institute of New Zealand and received a Gold Pin at...